Exploring accidental virulence

Elife. 2024 Jan 3:13:e94556. doi: 10.7554/eLife.94556.

Abstract

Experimentally evolving yeast to adhere better to plastic led to adaptations that increased their ability to cause an infection.

Keywords: FLO11; S. cerevisiae; adherence; biofilm; evolutionary biology; experimental evolution; infectious disease; microbiology; virulence; yeast.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Biofilms
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Virulence

Substances

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Membrane Glycoproteins